I have recently attended an event with neuropsychologist Dr. Steve Hughes. He is very active in the Montessori organization. He provided some interesting insights. You are invited to watch some of his recorded talks here. 
However, we are more and more convinced that early childhood brain development is not understood well enough. Our education can surely be done much better. We are interested in cooperating in the research of early childhood brain development, and looking for possible partners in such international research projects.  
If you are interested in possible cooperation, contact us. We'll be happy to hear from you.

Christmas holidays is usually also the time for shopping. My advice is to give your kids something useful and educational. An instrument is a perfect gift. Check out some instruments we recommend or try to find something by yourself.

Another great and meaningful gift is a DVD Sound of Music. 
Or you might need some CDs with music accompaniment. Anyway, I hope you will find your perfect gift and have a very happy Christmas time with your loved ones!

We have participated at the Penn Foster webinar series about preschool music education. Our webinar was about preschool voice development. You are invited to watch the recording of the webinar.

Good teaching material will ease your work a lot. We are always on a look-out for good ideas and materials. We have been attending the Music fair in Frankfurt (biggest music fair in Europe) for many years now. At a visit a few years ago we discovered Music Work Out - a great set of teaching materials. We found it the best thing at the whole fair! We are also happy to have become friends with the family which has developed it.

They provide 2 different cases of materials. The bigger case contains a lot of different flashcards, which are very useful for music teaching in elementary school.

The smaller case contains three different games: bingo, memory and domino. This one is appropriate for younger kids, too, introducing various music notation symbols. It is great for introduction of symbols to small kids, or for some fun time with older children.

Another thing from them that we really love is their music memory app. It is great for development of hearing and memory, and very useful for kids that can't be separated from their smartphones and tablets.

Our Custom Crash Course has already closed for application, but we are giving you a chance to attend one of the sessions for free! But we are only making it possible for those who really want it. Here is what you need to do:
1) Like our EduMusica Facebook page
2) look for our post about attending for free, and comment on it; it can be:
a) a question or a topic you want to learn about, 
b) a reason/ desire why you want to attend - what kind of transformation would you like to achieve. 

We will choose two winners: one comment with most "Likes" and another one with the comment we liked best.

Many activities in music classes require music accompaniment. Of course it is best to play suitable music by yourself. However, sometimes this is not possible - perhaps you have to lead the kids in those activities, or you simply can't play a suitable instrument. 
The CDs below (Djingalla series) are a great match for a variety of activities for kids. We also use some pieces for our classes.

Here is the recording of our webinar which explains how some parts of Gregorian Chant can be used in preschool music education. We hope you will find it interesting and useful. Let us know your thoughts. 

it is time to prepare to start the next school year.
We want you to make the most out of it, so we prepared a special gift for you: our Kindle book How to introduce Music to Kids  will be available for free download from Saturday until Wednesday. It is designed to give you simple and useful advice regarding how to develop musical talents and skills of your kids.
We hope you will use it!

We are preparing a lecture about preschool voice development. We would like to know which issues do you find most important and interesting - is it physical aspect of producing the voice (vocal cords, diaphragm), choosing the right songs, movement activities which support proper singing, or perhaps something else? Let us know your thoughts! Thank you for your feedback.

This year we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the movie The sound of music. It has become one of the most popular movies ever, a great musical, with plenty of useful resources for music education. 

It is one of my favorite movies. I was very happy to be at the Orff summer school in Salzburg this summer - Salzburg is the city where the story takes place. Me and my friends have also visited the most important places from the movie. 

This is the way to the Frohnburg castle - Maria sang her "I have confidence" when she came to work for the von Trapp family.

This are the front and the back side of the Frohnburg castle - now it is the student home for the Orff Institute. 

The "Do-Re-Mi" song was performed on these stairs, too - they are in the Mirabell park. 

The buildings on the main square, which were occupied by Nazis.

The back yard of the von Trapp residence with the lake was filmed at Leopoldskron palace.

The love scenes in the pavillion were filmed elsewhere, but the pavillion was later transferred to the park at the Hellbrunn castle.

The kids went to look for Maria when she returned to the monastery - at the Nonnberg monastery.